Johan
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491 · #572 for boys in 2025, 516 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 616 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,653since 1910
Johan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Johan has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #572 | 516 | |
| 2024 | — | #536 | 555 | |
| 2023 | — | #563 | 517 | |
| 2022 | — | #580 | 501 | |
| 2021 | — | #629 | 438 | |
| 2020 | — | #599 | 458 | |
| 2019 | — | #580 | 481 | |
| 2018 | — | #576 | 480 | |
| 2017 | — | #502 | 577 | |
| 2016 | — | #463 | 659 | |
| 2015 | — | #559 | 514 | |
| 2014 | — | #581 | 478 | |
| 2013 | — | #534 | 496 | |
| 2012 | — | #480 | 566 | |
| 2011 | — | #499 | 520 | |
| 2010 | — | #453 | 592 | |
| 2009 | — | #478 | 573 | |
| 2008 | — | #451 | 616 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #498 | 530 |
| 2006 | — | #531 | 476 | |
| 2005 | — | #546 | 440 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #573 | 395 |
| 2003 | — | #570 | 388 | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #510 | 447 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #547 | 393 |
| 2000 | — | #902 | 172 | |
| 1999 | — | #837 | 180 | |
| 1998 | — | #939 | 150 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,083 | 117 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,217 | 92 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,327 | 78 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,409 | 69 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,091 | 38 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,359 | 69 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,528 | 57 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,433 | 58 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,355 | 58 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,195 | 65 |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,470 | 42 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,577 | 38 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,063 | 23 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
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| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five boys were named Johan! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Johan is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New York#295 · 1 in 1,501
- New Jersey#310 · 1 in 1,571
- Connecticut#334 · 1 in 1,756
- Virginia#360 · 1 in 1,852
- California#370 · 1 in 2,136
Best ever in a state: #145 in Rhode Island, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #295 | 65 | 1 in 1,501 |
| New Jersey | #310 | 26 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Connecticut | #334 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Virginia | #360 | 22 | 1 in 1,852 |
| California | #370 | 101 | 1 in 2,136 |
| North Carolina | #377 | 26 | 1 in 1,974 |
| Massachusetts | #407 | 11 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Florida | #414 | 42 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Georgia | #435 | 23 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Texas | #447 | 70 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Arizona | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,308 |
| Minnesota | #471 | 11 | 1 in 2,461 |
| Illinois | #486 | 22 | 1 in 2,815 |
| Louisiana | #526 | 9 | 1 in 2,651 |
| Mississippi | #538 | 5 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Maryland | #541 | 9 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Kansas | #551 | 5 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Colorado | #571 | 8 | 1 in 3,307 |
| South Carolina | #590 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Indiana | #618 | 9 | 1 in 3,828 |
| Pennsylvania | #638 | 13 | 1 in 4,478 |
| Wisconsin | #673 | 6 | 1 in 4,332 |
| Washington | #706 | 8 | 1 in 4,444 |
| Michigan | #873 | 7 | 1 in 6,632 |
| Ohio | #980 | 7 | 1 in 8,337 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 36 spots since 2024 (#536 → #572)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#599 → #572)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#559 → #572)
- Biggest jump: 355 spots in 2001 (#902 → #547)
- Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2018 (#502 → #576)
Rise & fade · boys
98 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 2008 at #451 (616 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,880
- Highest: 1 in 2,880 boys born in 2016 were named Johan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,310 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #451 in 2008, was only 1 in 3,312 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 36.6% of all boys named Johan (5,363) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,455 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,502 (1921) | #3,328 |
| 1930s | 27 | #2,396 (1935) | #2,699 |
| 1940s | 37 | #2,656 (1941) | #2,917 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,628 (1956) | #2,749 |
| 1960s | 110 | #1,975 (1964) | #2,487 |
| 1970s | 197 | #1,598 (1979) | #2,327 |
| 1980s | 445 | #1,195 (1987) | #1,554 |
| 1990s | 890 | #837 (1999) | #1,370 |
| 2000s | 4,430 | #451 (2008) | #561 |
| 2010s | 5,363 | #453 (2010) | #523 |
| 2020s | 2,985 | #536 (2024) | #580 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Johan in 2017
boys
#502
577 births · 1 in 3,208 boys
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,208 of them was named Johan, which outranked 96.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).